Laap

This is the Lao national dish. I have seen it made with everything from buffalo in Luang Prabang (good), to tinned tuna in Vang Vieng (terrible), but the best I had was in Vientiane at one of those places you see all over Southeast Asia with half an oil drum made into a grill and some old patio chairs laid out in a car park. The fish was seared ceviche-style in lime juice. In Laos it always comes with sticky rice, but you could serve it with jasmine rice instead.